• MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    They could always have used the “nuclear option” and passed actual universal healthcare instead of our strange hybrid for-profit insurance monster under Obama, but they didn’t want to.

    You know why neither side is stupid enough to do that, right?

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      6 days ago

      because if to get actually pass the agenda they run on, they can’t threaten not to get it passed in the next election

    • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      what’s stupid is allowing a ‘fillibuster’ to wreck legislation.

      It’s a parliamentary procedure, not even law. We can change it at ANY TIME with simple majority vote. It’s a self-imposed rule, not in the constitution, not law.

      They “stupidly” skip it all of the time with legislation they want to pass. They don’t need a super majority for pay raises…